[nabs-l] Volunteering with Special Education

[Chris Nusbaum]

Great idea, Greg! Thanks for the tip!

Chris Nusbaum

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 22, 2016, at 9:02 PM, Greg Aikens via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Chris,
> What if you and your student were paired with another buddy and his/her student? Then if you needed assistance navigating, you would have a group to travel with but it might  be a less overwhelming ratio of buddies to students than the 2 on 1 situation you described. 
> 
> Best of luck. I’m glad you are willing to volunteer your time. 
> 
> Best,
> Greg
> 
>> On Feb 22, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I wish that were possible, and it would certainly make it easier. However, the events are held at a different school in the county, and students from all schools volunteer.
>> 
>> Chris Nusbaum
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Feb 22, 2016, at 4:09 PM, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> If this is your own school, all someone would have to do is tell you where
>>> your event is and you could get thme to the event right?  Could you arrive
>>> early and braille out where each event is somehow, or just recored their
>>> location on a device?
>>> Justin
>>> 
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>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Volunteering with Special Education
>>> 
>>> Hi All:
>>> 
>>> Has anyone had any experience volunteering as a "fan" or "buddy" for Special
>>> Olympics? I'm interested in doing this at my high school, and our Special
>>> Olympics coordinator is very open to my volunteering in this role. However,
>>> a question has been raised as to how to ensure that I'm getting my athlete
>>> to the right events. Apparently they don't have a pre-planned setup, so
>>> volunteers don't know where each event is placed on the field until the day
>>> of the competition. Our coordinator is concerned that I would have
>>> difficulty assisting a student to an event when I don't even know where it
>>> is myself, and has asked me for ideas on how to resolve this concern. I
>>> think this is doable; I just don't know enough about how Special Olympics is
>>> set up to offer any informed, workable solutions. She has proposed that I be
>>> paired up with another volunteer, and that together we could work with the
>>> student to whom we're assigned. However, I'm concerned that this might
>>> confuse or overwhelm the student nt. Has anyone particpated in this program
>>> before? If so, what strategies could you suggest to make this work? Thanks
>>> in advance for any ideas you could share. 
>>> 
>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>> 
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